Murder By Poison

Mystery
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.

A serial killer, dubbed "The Poisoning Devil" by the press had a special, yet sinister, way of having fun. He would kidnap a victim, blindfold them and take them to a room where he would sit opposite them with a table in between them. He would then put 2 tablets on the table between them and a glass of water for each of them. The Poisoning Devil would then tell the victim that only one of the pills on the table were poisonous. To make it fair, he would allow the victim to choose which pill they wanted and once that was done they would both take a pill at exactly the same time, looking at each other (the Poisoning Devil would take the other pill - the one the victim had rejected). The victims always died. How did the killer make sure he was always safe?

Hint

Think about how to take a pill.

Answer

The killer simply poisoned the water that was in front of the victim. The pills were just sugar pills.